Tenzin Tsagong

Editorial Assistant, Special Projects at The New York Times Opinion

Editorial assistant @ NYT Opinion

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The Buddhist Review

Sep 4, 2024 | tricycle.org | Thanissaro Bhikkhu |Walton Ford |Andy Karr |Tenzin Tsagong

Walton Ford is an American painter who uses watercolors to create large-scale paintings influenced by the style of John James Audubon and other artists from the Naturalist Illustration Movement.
Redefining Tibetan Food-and Belonging-in Jackson Heights, Queens

Dec 8, 2023 | cntraveler.com | Tenzin Tsagong

This story about Tibetan cuisine in Queens, New York is part of Home, Made, a collection of stories honoring Asian diasporas creating vibrant communities by weaving their heritages with their American hometowns. Read more here. When Thuksong Bachen moved to Queens, New York, from Tibet in 2014, he often found himself missing home. Mostly, he yearned for his mother’s cooking. “When I woke up, I missed my mother’s food. During the day, I missed it. At night, I missed it even more," he says.
An Exiled Publisher Creates a ‘Brotherhood Across Tibetans’

Jul 12, 2023 | tinyurl.com | Tenzin Tsagong

Buchung Sonam co-founded a press to nurture the writing of Tibetans, helping provide through literature a sense of home for a stateless population. July 12, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ETIn the winter of 1982, Bhuchung Sonam left his home in Central Tibet. For five days, he trekked with his father across the Himalayas to the Nepali border. Only around 11 years old then, he knew little about what they were fleeing — China’s decades-long colonization of his homeland — and why.
An Exiled Publisher Creates a ‘Brotherhood Across Tibetans’

Jul 11, 2023 | drudge-report.net | Tenzin Tsagong

Buchung Sonam co-founded a press to nurture the writing of Tibetans, helping provide through literature a sense of home for a stateless population. Read More
An Exiled Publisher Creates a ‘Brotherhood Across Tibetans’

Jul 11, 2023 | nytimes.com | Tenzin Tsagong

Books Update|An Exiled Publisher Creates a ‘Brotherhood Across Tibetans’https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/books/booksupdate/tibetan-literature-tibetwrites.htmlBhuchung Sonam co-founded a press to nurture the writing of Tibetans, helping provide through literature a sense of home for a stateless population. Bhuchung Sonam turned to reading and writing to negotiate the “endless barrage of obstacles” presented by exile.
Seven Students, 7 Campuses: College Life Before the Fall of Affirmative Action - The New York Times

Jul 4, 2023 | nytimes.com | Tenzin Tsagong

‘A lot of people have a complicated relationship with the idea of Harvard. People are quick to diss Harvard as an idea and as an institution. I walked through campus one time, and there were lots of tourists, as always. One of them pointed, and was like, “Look, a Harvard student! Look! Look!” And they were all rushing over. It’s moments like that where you’re like, “Yeah, this place is not normal.”’ Marleigh Belsley, rising senior